TMCNET eNEWSLETTER SIGNUP

AIAA To Host California Policy Symposium on Civilian UAV Applications

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host
a March symposium on the nonmilitary uses of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs). The "AIAA Policy Symposium: Civilian Applications of UAVs - A
California Perspective" will take place March 26-28, 2013, at the Hyatt
Westlake Plaza, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Among the topics that the event will explore are "California's Aerospace
Industry: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"; "State and Local Government
Opportunities for Economic Development, Job Creation, and Education in
the UAV Industry"; "Public Safety - Future of UAVs for Law Enforcement,
Fire, Emergency Management, Border Patrol, First Responders"; and
"Current and Future Innovative Use of UAVs in Commercial Applications
(Communications, Agriculture, Filmmaking, etc.)."

For more information about the "AIAA Policy Symposium: Civilian
Applications of UAVs - A California Perspective," or to register, please
visit www.aiaa.org/CAuav
or contact Ross B. Garelick Bell, Space, Defense, and National Security
Policy, at rossb@aiaa.org.
Registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the media.

AIAA is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global
aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members
worldwide, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry,
academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation,
space, and defense. For more information, please visit www.aiaa.org.